How I Spent My Summer Vacation: Malia and Sasha Edition

As First Daughters Malia and Sasha Obama prepare to return to school this week, we take a look back at their amazing summer vacation.

President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and Malia and Sasha arriving in Martha’s Vineyard. The First Family had a weeklong vacation on the exclusive island of Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts.

Malia and Sasha get a history briefing from their mom while visiting the Pompidou Centre Modern Art Museum in Paris on June 7. The President was due to fly back to D.C. yesterday, but the rest of the clan stayed on in Paris for a short private visit. The girls also visited Notre Dame Cathedral and had the chance to dine privately in a traditional French bistro during their stay.

While President Obama attempted to solve various international issues, Mrs. O, Malia and Sasha enjoyed the city of Rome to the fullest. The First Daughters even made and ate their own blackberry and banana gelato.

President Obama, Malia, Sasha and Mrs. Obama exiting Air Force One hand-in-hand upon arrival in Accra, Ghana, earlier this summer. The First Family was welcomed at Kotoka International Airport in the capital city Accra by Ghana’s President John Atta-Mills to traditional Ashante drumming, chanting and dancing.

Malia and Sasha board Air Force One at Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, Massachusetts, on August 30, en route to their home in Washington, D.C. They had just wrapped up their weeklong stay in Martha’s Vineyard.

Even while he was still on the campaign trail, the President and his girls seemed to bond regularly over ice cream. Here’s the Commander-in-Chief with Malia and Sasha exiting the Dairy Godmother Frozen Custard Shop on June 20 (the day before Father’s Day) in the Del Ray section of Alexandria, Virginia.

Packed and ready to roll, the handsome First Family depart from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on July 5. They were heading to Moscow, Russia, on the first leg of their weeklong trip that also took them to Italy and Ghana.

The First Family certainly got their share of sightseeing in this summer. Here, they watch an eruption of the Old Faithful Geyser at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming on August 15.

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Word is the President will meet Mrs. Obama, Malia and Sasha in Paris this weekend for a little foreign family fun. This will be the first trip abroad for the girls since they moved into the White House in January.

Mrs. Obama will have one public event in Normandy, France, on Saturday, but the rest of the family getaway will be private, per White House officials. In her commencement address yesterday, the First Lady encouraged grads to travel the world and learn multiple languages. In fact, she admitted that not learning more than one language was a regret of hers and the President. Looks like she doesn’t want that to happen to her own daughters.

Malia and Sasha soak in the summer sun with their parents while walking on the South Lawn at the White House after leaving the Marine One helicopter in August. The First Family was returning to Washington, D.C., after visiting Camp David.

Malia walks to Marine One with her mom, dad and grandmother as they all depart the White House on Saturday, August 1. The First Family was headed to Camp David for a weekend visit and a little R&R. (We’re sure little Sasha wasn’t far behind.)

The President and Sasha look over the different flavors of ice cream available at a store during the family’s visit to Yellowstone National Park on August 15. Malia (in background) seems to be pleased with her selection.

Malia and Sasha with the First Lady watching an eruption of the Old Faithful Geyser at Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming on August 15. Mrs. Obama told Vogue magazine earlier this year:

“I’ve been grateful that my girls have been able to see parts of the country I’m just seeing. It’s not only seeing Paris, London and Rome. It’s also the remote places…exposing them to what we hope kids will have: a feeling that they are citizens of the world.”